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Blackrock fall short in try spree

AIB League round-up

STRADBROOK was the place to be yesterday if you were a club rugby follower as Blackrock College and Galwegians shared out a mammoth 11 tries in the hunt for Division One points, writes David Mervyn. Galwegians’ attacking verve has taken a while to come to fruition under coach Paul Young, the former Wales hooker. With four of their final five league games at home, they could yet have a say in the destination of the title. Still, it is only two wins from five and Young is streetwise enough not to get carried away with yesterday’s seven-try 47-32 win.

Galwegians went try-crazy to secure what was, incredibly, their fifth AIB League win in five visits to Stradbrook. Even without their top try-scorer Conor McPhillips, who is on Magners League duty with Connacht today, they ran in seven tries, with fly-half and man-of-the-match David Slemen tallying 17 points. Team captain Ambrose